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52 Cards in this Set
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balk
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to stop short and refuse to proceed
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bard
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a composer of singer in epic verse
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bilk
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to cheat out of something valuable
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boor
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a person known for inscincere behavior
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dolt
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a person known for stupidity
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dupe
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to trick or decieve by underhand means
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quip
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a clever witty remark
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banter
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to speak in a witty teasing manner
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dirge
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a song or hymn of grief
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drivel
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to talk in a stupid or infantile way
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vapid
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flat, dull, lacking taste
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wheedle
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to influence or persuade by flattery
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unfounded
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false
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impious
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disrespectful
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intrepid
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having no fear
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inauspicious
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not favorable
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed
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unfettered
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free from restraints, liberated
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a) unsubstantiated
b) unwarrented |
a) not proven
b)lacking justification |
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elusive
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out of reach, hard to catch
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amorphous
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having no form or shape
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eminent
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outstanding
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anomaly
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not following the norm
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revoke
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to take back
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extricate
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to get out of an entanglement
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unteneble
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cannot be defeated
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benevolent
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inclination to do good
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misanthrope
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person who hates/distrusts mankind
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miscreant
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criminal
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aberration
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departure from what is normal
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a) malefactor
b) malignant |
a) evil doer
b) evil influence |
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a)malediction
b) malevolent C) malicious |
a) to say bad things
b) wishing evil/harm to others c) to cause pain to another |
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supercilious
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haughty, thinking high of onesself, arrogant
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benediction
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to say or speak well of
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a)pellucid
b) translucent |
a)clear, transparent
b) permitting the passage of light |
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affluent
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to flow in abundance, wealthy
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a) antipathy
b) empathy |
a) feeling against, dislike
b) feeling the same as someone |
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diffident
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lack of confidence
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acrimonious
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full of spite, bitter, nasty
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superfluous
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flowing above, exceeding what is necessary
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a) acuity
b) acumen |
a) keenness of perception
b) mental sharpness |
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perfidious
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untrustworthy
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exacerbate
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to inflame a conflict
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specious
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semmingly fair or true but actually not so
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despondent
dejected disconsolate dispirited |
the agony of defeat
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anachronism
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something that is not happening in its proper time
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impugn
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to challange the accuracy of something
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pugnacious
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combative, quick to fight
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repugnant
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offensive, repulsive
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intractable
intransigent obstinate dogged obdurate recalcitrant |
stubborn, inflexible, hard to budge
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perspicacity
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having keen vision
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clandestine
furtive covert stealthy surreptitious |
sneaky
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